- Andreas Malm (2021). How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire
- Anthony Doerr (2021). Cloud Cuckoo Land
- Chenoweth & Stephan (2011). Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
- Frantz Fanon (1961). The Wretched of the Earth
- Gene Sharp. (2005). Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential
- George Orwell (1945). Animal Farm
- Jason Hribal (2010). Fear of the Animal Planet - The Hidden History of Animal Resistance
- Judith Butler (2004). Precarious Life: The Power of Mourning and Violence
- Kim Stanley Robinson (2020). The Ministry for the Future
- Mark Boyle (2015). Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi
- Peter Gelderloos (2013). The Failure of Nonviolence: From the Arab Spring to Occupy
- Roger Hallam (2019). Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse
- Various authors, (1993). Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching
BOOKS
ACADEMIC SOURCES
- Anisin, A . (2020). Debunking the myths behind nonviolent resistance. Critical Sociology. 46(7-8), 1121-1139.
- Cerney, M. S., & Buskirk, J. R. (1991). Anger: the hidden part of grief. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 55(2), 228–237.
- Delina, L. L. (2022). Moving people from the balcony to the trenches: Time to adopt “climatage” in climate activism? Energy Research & Social Science, 90.
- Doosje, B., Moghaddam, F. M., Kruglanski, A. W., de Wolf, A., Mann, L., & Feddes, A. R. (2016). Terrorism, radicalization and de-radicalization. Current Opinion in Psychology, 11, 79-84.
- Linkekilde, L. & Malthaner, S. (2017). Analyzing pathways of lone-actor radicalization: a relational approach. In M. Stohl, R. Burchill & S. Englund (Ed.), Constructions of terrorism: an interdisciplinary approach to research and policy (pp. 163-180). University of California Press.
- Miles-Novelo, A., & Anderson, C. A. (2019). Climate Change and Psychology: Effects of Rapid Global Warming on Violence and Aggression. Current Climate Change Reports, 5(1), 36–46.
- Onken, M., Shemia-Goeke, D., & Martin, B. (2021). Learning from criticism of civil resistance. Critical Sociology, 47(7-8), 1191-1203.
- Simpson, B., Willer, R., & Feinberg, M. (2022). Radical flanks of social movements can increase support for moderate factions. PNAS Nexus, 1(3).
- Sovacool, B. K., & Dunlap, A. (2022). Anarchy, war, or revolt? Radical perspectives for climate protection, insurgency and civil disobedience in a low-carbon era. Energy Research & Social Science, 86.
- Spronk, B., Widdershoven, G. & Alma, H. Addressing harm in moral case deliberation: the views and experiences of facilitators. BMC Med Ethics 21, 10 (2020).
- Van der Heiden, S. (2005). Eco-terrorism or justified resistance? Radical environmentalism and the “War on Terror”. Politics & Society, 33(3), 425–447.
- Waytz, A., J. Cacioppo, and N. Epley. 2010. Who sees human? The stability and importance of individual differences in anthropomorphism. Perspectives on Psychological Science 5(3): 219–232.
- Aljazeera. August 25, 2022. Will embracing climate sabotage help save the planet? [Video file].
- Astor, M. February 26, 2019. How the politically unthinkable can become mainstream. The New York Times.
- Brad Stulberg. November 3, 2022. Extended Loneliness Can Make You More Vulnerable to Extremist Views. Time Magazine.
- Chi Luu. March 23, 2016. Personification Is Your Friend: The Language of Inanimate Objects. Daily Jstore.
- Hans Achterhuis. March 9, 2023. Geweld is geen rationeel middel (Violence is no rational tool). NRC.
- Hoods4Justice. Approx 2016-2017. Nonviolence Rhetoric Divides Us All. The Anarchist Library.
- John Zerzan. May 1st, 2014. Animal Dreams. Black Seed Issue #1
- Joram Bolle. October 26, 2022. Hoe effectief is het om tomatensoep op een Van Gogh te gooien? (How effective is it to throw tomato soup at a Van Gogh). De Volkskrant.
- Kees Versteegh. September 20, 2023. Extinction Rebellion als erfopvolger van Martin Luther King? ‘De ene burgerlijk ongehoorzame actie is de andere niet’. (Extinction Rebellion as heir of Martin Luther King? ‘One civil disobedient action is not the other’. NRC.
- Miriam Rasch. December 22, 2023. Niet willen kiezen wordt verward met neutraliteit. (Not wanting to choose is being confused with neutrality). Filosofie Magazine.
- Noah Gordon. December 14, 2022. How Climate Change Helps Violent Nonstate Actors. Carnegie Endowment For International Peace.
- Peter de Bruijn. October 6, 2022. Helpt ‘intelligente sabotage’ het klimaat te redden? (Does ‘intelligent sabotage’ help save the climate?) NRC.
- Rosie Frost. August 23, 2023. Grief, anger, hope: The complicated emotions driving activists to fight for the planet. Euronews.
- Sarah Gibbens. March 24, 2023. Climate change’s hidden threat: grief and trauma. National Geographic.
- Various Authors. November 2, 2022. De aarde is net zo heilig als het meisje met de parel. (The earth is just as holy as the girl with the pearl). NRC.
- Wen Stephenson. January 5, 2021. No safe options: a conversation with Andreas Malm. Los Angeles Review of Books.
THEORY & OPINION PIECES
NEWSITEMS
Orcas:
- Andy Gregory. May 29, 2023. Gladis the killer whale and her gang of orcas, out of revenge in Gibraltar. Independent.
- CBC news. July 25, 2019. Why some Indigenous people relate to endangered orcas. [video]
- Daniel Politi. August 12, 2018. Grieving Mother Orca Finally Drops Dead Calf After Carrying Corpse for 17 Days. Slate.
- Emma Beddington. July 11, 2023. The Orca Uprising: whales are ramming boats – but are they inspired by revenge, grief or memory? The Guardian.
- Lori Cuthbert & Douglas Main. August 13, 2018. Orca Mother Drops Calf, After Unprecedented 17 Days of Mourning. National Geographic.
- Natalie Wallington. September 7, 2020. Tahlequah the Orca - famous for carrying her dead calf for 17 days – gives birth again. The Guardian.
Badgers:
- Nick Augusteijn. March 22, 2023. Badgers cripple Dutch railway lines, infrastructure manager not amused. Railtech.
- Railway.supply. November 20, 2023. Germany Railways vs. Badgers.
Other:
- Josselin Gordijn & Edwin Timmer. February 19, 2023. Pakhuis de Zwijger annuleert debatavond over klimaatactivisme na ophef over ‘heroverwegen van geweld’. (Pakhuis de Zwijger cancels debatenight about climate activism after commotion about ‘re-evaluating violence’. Het Parool.
- Lucien Bruggeman. September 27, 2022. Climate activist who targeted Dakota Access Pipeline sentenced to 6 years after terrorism enhancement. ABC News.
THESIS
- Skating on Thin Ice: Activism in Times of Climate Crisis.
Prior to the realization of this project, the artist behind MDLF completed this thesis. The thesis therefore stands on its own and is not linked to this project, yet it served as a theoretical as well as an inspirational background.